Diversity - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

on a variety of social and environmental issues, and the companies receiving investments were involved in businesses as diverse as clean energy technologies, sustainable agriculture, educational toys, and innovative hearing aids. Our... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

08 Mar 2019
Blog Post

Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day

experience and enjoy the beauty of diversity and never thinks that he is superior or inferior to anyone else because of those differences. More importantly, I want him to feel empowered to change the status quo when he realizes it... View Details

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

these efforts have brought real results. For example, many companies have increased diversity in their workforce. But overall, all these efforts have not been enough to actually stop or reverse serious challenges we are facing.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

06 Dec 2018
News

Cold Call Horror Stories

pretty funny. It was pretty funny. Katherine Randolph, 1993, Section H. My cold call story was being cold called by Michael Porter, the day that we did the Five Forces. Now as backstory, I got into Harvard Business School as the total View Details

21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

initiative of the club, connecting alumni to each other and to the communities it serves. Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998) Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998) “We deliver expert goodness,” says HBSCP executive director Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998). “Our teams of alumni volunteers... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
Supplement

Student Success at Georgia State University (B)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley

This is a supplement to the Student Success at Georgia State University (A) case. The (B) case includes the results of a randomized control trial that Georgia State conducted to test education technology start-up AdmitHub’s chatbot solution as a strategy for improving... View Details

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

such as the launch of HBS Online, increased financial aid, tackled challenges posed by COVID, and introduced diversity frameworks. Her work will further strengthen relationships within the School and across Harvard University, fostering a... View Details

11 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

Alexander Westkamp Abstract—Various forms of substitutability are essential for establishing the existence of equilibria and other useful properties in diverse settings such as matching, auctions, and exchange economies with indivisible... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

28 May 2013
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First Look: May 28

labor market. For firms, we document an economically and statistically significant cumulative abnormal return of -0.97% around announcement of dissent. Although the literature has suggested that dissent might be reflective of diverse... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15

conventional optimal tax theory because it eases the classic tradeoff between efficiency and equality. But tagging is used in only limited ways in tax policy. I propose one explanation: conventional optimal tax theory has yet to capture the View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Harvard Business School

we now call diversity . . . certainly African American issues were just a small part of the agenda, if any part of the agenda." 14 Of that era, Lewis said, "We felt particularly emboldened—that we had nothing to lose." 15 Lewis worked in... View Details

02 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

Teixeira, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School in the Marketing unit. But not anymore. The Second Internet Wave A second wave of Internet disruption threatens not only electronics and telecom businesses, but also industries as View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 7

(MMRC), and brought together a diverse body of academics, researchers, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, physicians, and patients to combine their efforts around the disease. The MMRF had helped facilitate clinical trials for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

barriers. As a result, more entrepreneurs could engage in more experimentation, potentially increasing the diversity of companies in a given sector. The question: Is having so many untested companies competing for relatively scarce... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

17 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking

cost reduction wave could eliminate her job. For the one in Bangalore, the most rewarding work is probably done in London, and her earnings are likely to be lower than those of her London counterparts. With the arrival of new candidates from View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

to complement diverse experience in academic, corporate, and archival library settings. She is also a researcher of the businessification and evolution of academic libraries, a data and coding enthusiast, and an AI-for-libraries pioneer.... View Details

01 Jun 2003
News

Books

longer work. Revival of the Fittest offers detailed examples of how a diverse range of companies — from IBM, Samsung, and Nokia to the Danish hearing-aid maker Oticon and Asahi Breweries in Japan — have used transforming commitments to... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2022
News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems By Wendy K. Smith (PHDOB 2006) and Marianne W. Lewis Harvard Business Review Press Life is full of paradoxes. How can we each express our individuality while also being a team player? How do we balance work... View Details

17 May 2018
Blog Post

HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans

in an additional four cities, so I get to travel and work with a diverse group of Americans who are all focused on improving the lives of veterans and others in their city. Each community has unique challenges, but our approach is the... View Details

12 Jun 2014
News

The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)

Bollywood is a natural fusion of Eastern and Western cultures. Anyone can identify with and enjoy a BollyX class, whether it's the upbeat music, the dance movements, or the urge to unleash your inner swagger. In fact, even our team of BollyX instructors comes from... View Details

Keywords: fitness; Arts, Entertainment

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